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November, 2000

Tournament II

Column 1
1. augMENTHOLSters
2. IR(RIG)ATE
3. FEBRUARY*
4. MYR(MID)ON
5. PA(LAD)INS
6. SCAN+TIER
7. BOROUGHS
8. ST+URGE ON
9. PUNITIVE*
10. SP+ROCKET
11. KVETCHES*
12. W+INDLASS*
13. GO+SLING+S
14. tHUS+BANDS
15. CAST+RATE
16. lirPADLOCKSirb
Column 2
17. MI(LITA)NT
18. ylsuoivilBONAFIDEj
19. PIN(NACL)E
20. BOOSTERS (d.def.)
21. KEEP IT UP ("put I peek" rev.)
22. SWITCHES
23. L+ANGUISH(!)
24. STOCKADE*
Column 3
25. MAN+DOLIN'
26. PERSONAS* ("europeans - u")
27. SKEPTICS*
28. CA+SHOUTS
Column 4
29. S(IM)OLE+ON
30. ACOUSTIC (a coup stick homonym)

Extra letters spell MUSICALS

GETTHAID
YOURKETA
LKINGTOA
TONURIST
WHOSEEBV
ERYMOVEI
SAMKONGT
HEPUREST

The quote is from "One Night in Bangkok", a song in the musical Chess. ("Get Thai'd, you're talking to a tourist whose every move is among the purest.")

The extra letters in bold represent a chess game near the end.

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